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Table 6 Associations between HLPQ total score and other study measurements

From: The Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control Questionnaire (HLPCQ): a novel tool for assessing self-empowerment through a constellation of daily activities

Characteristics

Categories

Mean “Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire”

Characteristics

Correlations

“Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire”

Gender

Males

62 (10.8)

Packet-years for smokers

Pearson’s rho

-.24

Females

66.52 (12.2)

p value

.06

Statistics

t(242) = 2.99

BMI (kg/m 2 )

Pearson’s rho

-.15

p value

.003*

p value

.02*

Age Categories

≤46

64.4 (11.62)

Health Assessment (in a scale from 1 to 10)

Pearson’s rho

.28

47-55

63.9 (11.62)

p value

<.001*

≥56

65.73 (13.05)

SRRS score

Pearson’s rho

.02

Statistics

F(2,242)

p value

.8

p value

.61

PSS score

Pearson’s rho

-.42

Marital Status

Unmarried

66.8 (12.02)

p value

<.001*

Married

63.39 (11.61)

Internal HLC

Pearson’s rho

.19

Statistics

t(243) = 2.17

p value

.003*

p value

.03*

External HLC

Pearson’s rho

.0

Education

Secondary or lower

63.21 (11.94)

p value

.99

Tertiary

65.55 (11.73)

Chance HLC

Pearson’s rho

-.18

Statistics

t (243) = 1.52

p value

.003*

p value

.13

Sleep quality

Pearson’s rho

.29

Working Shifts

No

64.08 (11.7)

 

p value

<0.001

Yes

65.89 (13.02)

   

Statistics

t(185) = 0.92

   

p value

.36

   

Smoking

Yes

59.5 (11.65)

   

No

66.18 (10.96)

   

Statistics

t(201) = 3.99

   

p value

<.001*

   

Disease

Yes

64.71 (12.44)

   

No

64.53 (0.13)

   

Statistics

t(243) = 0.13

   

p value

.9

   
  1. SD: Standard Deviation, BMI: Body Mass Index, PSS: Perceived Stress Scale, HLC: Health Locus of control, HLPCQ: Health Lifestyle and Personal Control Questionnaire.
  2. *Level of significance <0.05.